ness will find a new obsession once kaiser leaves bastard and signs to re al.
you’re a distraction at first, something to fill the void kaiser left behind. a placeholder to fulfill his need to fret over someone, a thing to project his stalkerish tendencies onto.
it doesn’t stay that way for very long.
it’s easier to hide the… scale of his obsession from you than it was for him to hide from kaiser. for one thing, you’re far more removed from ness; you don’t live in the same place, occupy the same circles, and have a career completely outside of sports. it’s far too easy to appear somewhat normal to you— if a little off-putting, but in an endearing way.
it’s easy to get a first date with you, then a second, then a third, until finally he earns the shiny title of boyfriend. he’s sickeningly sweet, and the endless affection and attention you afford him is addictive.
even when you do start to see the cracks in his facade, even when you do come face-to-face with the sheer volume of his obsession and desperation to keep you, you find you don’t mind it. all you have to do is love him, your sweet little alexis, which is what you’ve been doing the whole time.
please just stay with me, he’ll tell you, as if you’ve ever considered leaving him when he’s so good to you.
nothing good lasts forever, though.
you start backtracking when kaiser transfers back to bastard from re al, because while ness welcomes him back with open arms, you did not sign up for whatever’s wrong with that freak.
